Author: James Martin
I was at the Hull KR game on Saturday and watched them ultimately get the job done. Leigh were always going to struggle because they aren’t used to playing a Super League team away from home, but they were very good for half an hour. At 18-2 the game is almost done but Rovers had to weather the storm abit. I think most people can see they’re not quite firing at the minute, just doing enough. They’ve probably not played consistently like some had hoped they would, but, they’re probably in a better position than 12 months ago. They’ve won…
Last month, 15-year-old Jacob Sanders found himself stuck deep in the belly of a dark cave. He had stripped down to his underwear, his naked torso bleeding from scratches. And he was shivering from the cold.But he wasn’t afraid. His uncle, Calvin Sanders, and his dad were nearby, and they were confident they could get him out. In fact, they’d helped him into the tight spot, hoisting him through a small crack in the ceiling to push deeper into the Pacific north-west cave, further in than any human had ever been before.But now, without a boost or anything to push…
Nobody ever beats England. England only ever lose of their own accord, by their own hand, from their own failings. This is doubly true if England are playing a team they generally expect to beat and, from the outbreak of ritual bloodletting that has followed the narrow 1-0 defeat in the recent Test series, West Indies certainly seem to have fallen into that category.Why this might be the case is less easily explained. England have not won a Test series in the Caribbean since 2004. Four members of that touring party were commentating on this series. Three are current members…
Hull City have eight players out of contract at the end of the season in what looks like being a busy first summer in charge for new head coach Shota Arveladze and owner Acun Ilicali. Just seven games of the Championship season remain for the Tigers to ensure they finish with a flourish, and with a 13-point gap to the relegation zone, the prospect of being involved in one of the world’s most exciting – and unpredictable – leagues next season looks positive. One of the biggest talking points between now and May will continue to be the future of…
Mick Fanning is to make another return to professional surfing four years after announcing his retirement from the sport with the three-times world champion awarded a wildcard for the upcoming Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach event – the Australian’s favourite stop on the WSL tour.Fanning, 40, called time on his career in 2018 after 17 years on the tour, saying he had lost the drive to compete “day in, day out”. He made a brief return to the pro tour at last season’s Rip Curl Narrabeen Classic and will again get back in the water for the event in Victoria…
Australia’s depleted stocks have taken a further hit ahead of the ODI series against Pakistan after T20 World Cup hero Mitch Marsh was struck down by a hip injury.Marsh suffered the setback while fielding during a training drill. Scans confirmed the injury was a low-grade hip flexor strain but the tourists remain hopeful Marsh can play some part in the series.Captain Aaron Finch had earlier said he expected Marsh to miss all three matches, with Cameron Green to fill the void.Marsh’s injury comes at a bad time, given that stars Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and David Warner are…
But experts say that tracking new Covid-19 cases is still important — even if it is an imperfect measure. “Dating back to the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve always known that case numbers were being undercounted. It was never quite clear how much,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.With at-home tests more widely available and vaccination helping prevent severe disease, people might be skipping laboratory-confirmed PCR tests. Before, limited availability of testing probably created similar gaps in reporting. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that…
Gareth Southgate has said he faces a “complicated decision” whether to keep faith with Harry Maguire for England after the defender’s struggles at Manchester United and hinted he has a lack of experienced replacements from which to choose.That was emphasised on Monday night when John Stones, who was due to start Saturday’s friendly against Switzerland but withdrew after the warmup, pulled out of the squad as a precaution.Maguire did not feature on Saturday despite Southgate defending his inclusion in the squad last week. Maguire is in contention to start against Ivory Coast on Tuesday night for what would be his…
State and county taxpayers will be asked to commit $850m in public funds toward construction of the Buffalo Bills’ new stadium which has a state-projected price tag of $1.4bn as part of a 30-year lease agreement reached on Monday.New York state will commit $600m in funds, which will be in included in the budget due on Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced in a press release. Erie county will commit $250m toward the project, with the NFL and the Buffalo Bills committing $550m in financing.The dollar amount is considered to be the largest public commitment for an NFL facility. The deal…
The first index to track race representation across UK sport has led to 43% of national governing bodies being handed the lowest three available grades. A trio of England’s biggest sporting administrators – the Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board, and the Rugby Football Union – failed to even take part.The inaugural Race Representation Index, commissioned by the sport monitoring advisory panel via charity Sporting Equals, was motivated by the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd. It aimed to provide a baseline on racial diversity across the sector, allowing progress to be tracked year…